Kate Byroade had always known her ancestors were slave owners, but she had been told their slaves were treated well. Understanding the truth took... A Woman Comes To Terms With Her Family's ...
Andrea Stuart was curious about her family's history in Barbados. And through years of careful research, she found that her bloodline includes both slave owners and slaves. She has written about her ...
AOL: Defying gentrification: Carrboro home built by freed slaves in 1879 remains in family
Defying gentrification: Carrboro home built by freed slaves in 1879 remains in family
The Courier-Journal: In McConnell’s boyhood town where his family owned slaves, the reparations debate thrives
In McConnell’s boyhood town where his family owned slaves, the reparations debate thrives
NPR: 1 side owned slaves. The other side started Black History Month. How a family heals
1 side owned slaves. The other side started Black History Month. How a family heals
With the slave trade open and the influx of "saltwater slaves" nearly continuous, enslaved people in the lowland had great difficulty forming families and reproducing themselves.
The outbreak of the Civil War forever changed the future of the American nation and perhaps most notably the future of Americans held in bondage. The war began as a struggle to preserve the Union, not a struggle to free the slaves but as the war dragged on it became increasingly clear to President Abraham Lincoln the best way to force the seceded states into submission was to undermine their ...
Explore or reconstruct the lives of individuals who were enslaved, owned slaves, or participated in the historical trade.